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Dual Cdn/USian Been around. Historians Will Judge.
And it's a final short thread @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social with tonight;s local urgent needs. Trying to get folks' rent covered one by one, and tonight, it's Tiffany, who needs $341 still:
WingsNDNSilver@wingsndnsilver.bsky.social · 12h agoAll right, tonight's local urgent needs. With so many in need of rent, I'm going to try to get one per night covered if we possibly can.
Damn, I am waaaaaaaaay old. I'd remembered reading about the whole General Motors and the destruction of the then existing public transportation systems - and finally located the 'origin' article. Turns out, I was subscribing to Harpers in 1981 - when the article appeared.
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Yesterday's temperature topped 105° in Fresno. "Carlos" and team were working in the watermelons. "Our team is paid piece rate. The more boxes we fill the more we make. The person closest to the truck has the hardest job so we switch off. This is exhausting work." #WeFeedYou
At 2:30 pm Bakersfield CA temps had reached 101°F. That didn't stop the farm workers who are hard at work harvesting table grapes. This demanding work requires constant bending, lifting the full boxes and carefully harvesting the fruit. #WeFeedYou
"Sergio" shares, "My coworkers and I work weeding the lettuce fields. We wear sacks to carry the weeds to the the edge of the field. These sacks can weigh up to 10 pounds and cause us to have pain in our necks and backs." #WeFeedYou
Troll levels up +800%. Take action. twitter-bugs are swarming over here. Those 'three dots' on the bottom edge of ur post? USE THEM!
On this day in 1915, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 6 Mar 1943, she was deported to Theresienstadt with her husband and son (6) and on the 4 Oct 1944 to Auschwitz where she would have been murdered on arrival. Her name was Olga Králová Please support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
I've finished re-reading _A Safeway in Arizona_ and am proceeding to re-read _Joe Boyle, King of the Klondike_. The best thing about re-reading books is that u don't have to be scared about how they may end.
At your next meal, take a second to think about the people working long hours in HOT 100° temps to put food on your table. They're not just statistics. They're real people who can't avoid the heat in an air conditioned house or office. #WeFeedYou
Max Miller released audio recordings of conversations he has with his ex wife. In one of them, she accuses him of clandestinely recording their conversations. “I have never recorded our conversations” he says, while recording their conversation. This is domestic violence. Ask me how I know.
2/3 August 1944 | The Germans liquidated the so-called Gypsy camp (Zigeunerlager - sector BIIe) of Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Some 4,300 children, women and men - the last Roma prisoners of the sector - were loaded onto trucks and driven to the gas chambers.
On this day in 1901, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 21 Oct 1941 she was deported to the Łódź Ghetto with her husband and daughter 11. According to her surviving daughter, her mother and sister were murdered in Auschwitz. Her name was Irma Glaserová
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Tucson chef to bring local flavors to prestigious culinary stage in Manhattan
Contreras will feature Sonoran ingredients like chiltepín chiles and White Sonoran Wheat at the prestigious James Beard Foundation Platform dinner in New York, showcasing Tucson’s unique regional flav...
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"Miguel" is harvesting onions in Fresno County. "I took this pic at the end of my shift that began at 6pm. Sometimes we work until 2 or 3 am. This night shift is my second job as the cost of living is so expensive, one job is not enough to put food on the table." #WeFeedYou
Without a doubt, BASHA'S HAS OLATHE SWEET CORN. 8 cobs at .47 each. Swear to Chuy somebody drove a great big trucka to Olathe & loaded up & came back to AZ to share the wealth! I'm putting up mine as corn relish with red pepper - should have sufficient for the winter. Next up, Hatch chiles!
In Gud Boy Archie news, last night he slept very well, didn't wake himself nor did he cry. The sore foot & some inactivity has left him a bit stiff, but this morning I watched him bolt thru his patio door & race to the back gate where he reprimanded someone passing by. Things seem to be improving.
"Maria" is working in Coachella CA doing maintenance on the lemon trees. She wears thick gloves and sleeves to protect herself against the lemon thorns. She shares, "I will work any job to feed my children." Today Coachella temps are predicted to reach a high of 118°. #WeFeedYou
Don't let the heat turn deadly for farm workers. Donations will help us keep doing everything we can to save lives. act.seiu.org/a/heat2026?m.... If you prefer, you can donate by PayPal at paypal.com/paypalme/ufwdonate #WeFeedYou #CALOR
31 July 1932 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Rivka Regina Krzywanowski, was born in Amsterdam. She was arrested while trying to get to Spain. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber.
"Ivan" was working in the apple thinning in Sunnyside WA last week. At 11am it was 90°. Temps were supposed to reach 100° by the end of the day. "Working in this high heat especially with smoke in the air from fires is not healthy, but it is how we pay our bills." #WeFeedYou
In a tort claim filed this week against the federal government, Anna King, a retired U.S. Army captain and Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient, has accused two Idaho National Guard members of injuring and unnecessarily detaining her in May in Washington, D.C.
Army veteran files $3M claim, says Idaho National Guardsmen injured her in arrest
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"Martin" share this vid from the apple harvest in Mattawa, WA where it's supposed to reach 96° today. The harvest won't begin until late August but there is a special type of irrigation going on from above to cool the apples down and prevent them from being scorched. #WeFeedYou
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ICYMI: The crew of the USS Nimitz said goodbye this week to Capt. Poseidon, the black Labrador retriever who died unexpectedly while serving as an expeditionary facility dog and leaves behind a legacy of comfort and companionship. From Stars and Stripes' Kaylyn Barnhart Batista:
USS Nimitz’s beloved working dog dies, leaves behind legacy of comfort and companionship
The USS Nimitz’s first expeditionary facility dog has died unexpectedly and leaves behind a legacy that touched the hearts and minds of crew members.
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